Democrats are attacking the GOP’s plans to bring Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman whom the former president pardoned for tax fraud in 2018, to its national convention by painting the former president as being “soft on crime.”
The Democratic National Committee is planning on painting Trump as someone who pardons criminals and brings fraudulent people to his team, according to an email memo. The Republican National Convention is being held in July in Milwaukee.
Court officers lead a handcuffed Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, out of court, where he pled not guilty to state mortgage fraud charges in New York City on Thursday, June 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
“This year’s Republican National Convention is shaping up to be a giant stage for Donald Trump’s soft-on-crime agenda,” DNC Rapid Response Director
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